Other than the fire and the fact that Ten-Tec washed its hands of that
model, oh and the lack of replacement finals, I thought the amplifier was
OK. My only complaint before the fire was that when the heatsinks got warm,
the fan sounded like a 747 in full reverse.
73, Mike N4NT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Speer, Doug" <Doug.Speer@FairbanksMorse.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 4:17 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Mike Hyder --N4NT--" Hercules 444
>I guess we all have had our good luck / bad luck stories. I did not set
> out on this path but I ended up with two Hercules 444 amps. I have run
> them daily and run them hard in contest and find the units to be pretty
> robust amplifiers. Of course if I loose the finals the unit will either
> become land fill or as someone commented, a science project. Someday I
> will update my amplifier's) with something modern and maintainable but
> in the mean time I'll run the 444s. I might be smart to locate a fire
> extinguisher within reach, hihi.
>
> Very 73,
> Doug, W9PN
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:21:25 -0400
> From: "Mike Hyder --N4NT--" <mike_n4nt@embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] hercules444 ?
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
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>
> I had one of the 444 amps with its supply. The amp runs on 48VDC. I
> hadn't
> had mine very long (bought it used) when it caught on fire.
>
> Ten-Tec was nice enough to repair it -- they may have had to make one or
>
> more circuit boards for it. When I got it back they warned me that they
>
> would never work on that model again. I sold it to a fellow who wanted
> to
> replace its innards with some Motorola modules.
>
> There are not many pieces of ham gear I wouldn't haul home but the 444
> is
> one.
>
> 73, Mike N4NT
>
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